The sound and smile are so familiar, the unique shape can be recognized at a glance, he is the actor Fang Hua who plays the image of "Japanese devil" on the screen.
Fanghua, who was born in Dalian in 1925, not only has a strong interest in playing and singing since childhood, but he is also fascinated by drama performances. Admitted to Dalian Business School, he also practiced fluent Japanese. After graduation, Fang Hua came to Changchun to work at the "Manchurian Painting Co., Ltd."
Squareization
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the famous actor Jin Shan came to receive the "full screen". The following year, the filming of "Songhua On the River" starring Zhang Ruifang and Pu Ke began, and Jin shan, as the film's director, was unexpectedly selected to be a recording assistant at the time, and Fang Hua, who had a pair of sharp eyes, played a Japanese military captain who did not play a small role.
Although Fang Hua had participated in theatrical performances before, it was the first time to shoot on the screen in a movie, and with the encouragement of Jinshan, the unassuming Fang Hua completed his debut work with his own efforts. The following year, he played a Japanese spy in the film "Harbin Night", and since then he has formed an indissoluble relationship with the villain role, and he can't get it.
"On the Songhua River"
Soon Fang Hua followed the footsteps of "Bole" Jinshan and came to Beiping. Participated in the "Tsinghua Film Company" founded by Kingsoft. After liberation, Fang Hua worked in the Actors Troupe of beijing film studio. He starred in "Democratic Youth March", "The Legend of the New Children's Heroes" and his famous work "Wisdom to Take Huashan".
《Wisdom of Huashan》
In 1955, the feature film "Guerrillas of the Plains" was filmed by Changchun Film Producers. The film tells the story of the guerrilla leader Li Xiangyang who accepts the task of his superiors and goes deep behind the enemy lines, while containing the Japanese Matsui troops and protecting Li Zhuang's public grain. In the end, the story of relying on the masses of the people to eliminate the Japanese invaders. People not only remember the guerrilla leader Li Xiangyang. It is also remembered that the Japanese devil Matsui played by Fang Hua, the two roles of one positive and one negative have left an indelible impression in the minds of the audience.
Before that, he had played the Role of a Japanese devil in three films, and although he had accumulated a wealth of acting experience and witnessed the murderous faces and evil deeds of Japanese devils as a teenager, he still wrote a detailed autobiography of the character for this character, positioning Matsui's appearance as "an iron blue face, eagle-like eyes covered with blood, and always had a terrible look of eating people."
Fang Hua and Guo Zhenqing
For this main villain that runs through the entire film, the film script does not describe and expand too much, but Fang Hua believes that the simpleness provided by the script, the greater the potential and space for the actor's creation.
At the same time, he also read a large number of materials on the Japanese army invading China, and tried to explore the complex psychology of the characters. On the basis of in-depth understanding, a variety of expressions that are consistent with the outside are deduced. Plus proficiency in Japanese fits perfectly into the lines. Although there are some traces of facial performance in the film, these villain performance techniques are skillfully integrated into the complex expressions of the characters. Matsui, a murderous and sinister Japanese ghost, is portrayed as both form and spirit, and has reached a level of art that is speechless.
After the release of "Guerrillas of the Plains", it caused a huge response, but the fang himself did not bring any honor. When the anti-rightist movement began in 1957, the Changchun Film Studio pulled out sha meng, the director of "Shangganling", the director of "Dong Cunrui", and The director of "Unfinished Comedy" Lu Ban. The critic played in the film "Unfinished Comedy" was framed as a suppression and persecution of intellectuals, and the film not only failed to meet the audience, but he also became a rightist overnight. From the seventh level of literature and art to the tenth level, not only was the qualification of a deputy to the people's congress revoked, but he was also sent to the boiler room of the Changying Factory for "labor reform." Until his death, he could not be restored to his original level, but he did not find an organization once, never made any request, but treated it indifferently.
The Unfinished Comedy
Not long after, Fang Hua's "rightist" hat was taken off and he played a small supporting role in films such as "Hongyan" and "Railway Guard".
In 1962, ito, the captain of the Japanese Kou "Yoshino", who was chineseized and shaped by Lin Nong's "Kono Storm", once again saw another image of success.
"The Storm of The Afternoon Storm"
In 1965, Fang Hua played the Japanese ghost for the fifth time in "Sanjin Yamashiro", although it was still so vivid, it was both gratifying and impatient for him personally.
"Three Into the Mountain City"
During the ten years of catastrophe, Fang Hua was sent to the remote Fusong County of Jilin for labor reform. Many of the people who went with them were full of complaints and were upset. And he calmly regarded the decentralization to the countryside as a good opportunity to exercise himself.
Fast forward to 1973, and studios resumed feature film production. The studio decided to remake the film "Guerrillas of the Plains". The instructions issued by the superiors must exceed the old film, so the original entire crew was almost completely replaced. Inexplicably and ironically, only the Japanese ghost Matsui has selected hundreds of actors from major studios and professional literary groups across the country. The crew's initial idea was to find an actor similar to the image and performance played by Fang Hua, but after several months of careful selection, they never got a satisfactory result.
When he was helpless, he could only let Fang Hua go out of the mountain again and play the same role as before. For being re-selected to play the role of Matsui again, Fang Hua is not so optimistic in his heart, first, he is not willing to repeat his role of success, because it is difficult to surpass, and second, he has been away from the film industry for many years, and there is a sense of strangeness when he returns to the screen, everything has to start from scratch. However, as a political task, it is not allowed for an actor to choose left and right, and can only helplessly report to the crew.
In that special era, everything should emphasize the "three prominences" and "tall and complete" pure rules and precepts. There is no room for actors to play. Matsui, who Fang Hua repeated for the second time, did not have any breakthrough in character creation, and even in his own view, it was a clear regression. Because of various constraints and restrictions, this villain who was once very brilliant in the past has obviously become a character who is extremely ugly in the remake.
After smashing the "Gang of Four", Fang Hua came to the Pearl River Film Studio after several twists and turns. Subsequently, he participated in the filming of films such as "The Man Who Dealt with the Devil" and "An American Pilot". Until 1993, he starred in "Sunny Day" and passed away. Although Fang Hua's negative role on the screen is so fierce, cunning, and vicious, he is a kind, kind, and humble person in life. Fang Hua dedicates his life to Chinese films and is an artist who deserves our respect and remembrance.